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diff --git a/doc/configuration/specs.html.part b/doc/configuration/specs.html.part index 79f75f21d..97029e30a 100644 --- a/doc/configuration/specs.html.part +++ b/doc/configuration/specs.html.part @@ -32,12 +32,15 @@ the following order:</p> <li><code>[=1.23]</code>: Match a particular version. Any operator described below can be used. May be extended to ranged dependencies, using either <code>[=1.23|=1.24|=1.25]</code> for an or dependency or <code>[>=1.2&<2]</code> for an and dependency.</li> - <li><code>[.key?]</code>: Match only if the specified metadata key exists.</li> + <li><code>[.key?]</code>: Match only if the specified metadata key exists. <code>key</code> may be a key's raw + name (e.g. <code>DESCRIPTION</code>, <code>DEPEND</code>) or a role prefixed with a dollar sign (e.g. + <code>$short_description</code>, <code>$build_dependencies</code>).</li> <li><code>[.key=value]</code>: Match only if the specified metadata key has a particular exact value. Only works for simple values, sets and sequences, not spec trees and other complex compound keys. If <code><</code> is used in place of <code>=</code>, for numeric values a less-than comparison is used, and for sets, sequences and spec trees, a match occurs if any member of the set or sequence is equal to the value. Similarly if <code>></code> is used, - for numeric values a greater-than comparison is used; it does not match for other types of values.</li> + for numeric values a greater-than comparison is used; it does not match for other types of values. The key may + be a raw name or a dollar-prefixed role name as above.</li> </ul> <p>Repository requirements are in the form <code>to</code>, <code>from-></code> or <code>::from->to</code>. The |